Work opportunities plentiful for trades
PRINCE GEORGE – Trades training dominated a roundtable during the Natural Resources Forum this week and it seems natural, as many of the workers in those industries are tradespeople.
But planning for the workforce of tomorrow was the focus and one message was loud and clear: Start training early.
“That’s the 1st thing we need to do. Start earlier. We need to educate parents and other people about opportunities, to change the conversation about how we treat the trades,” explains Paul de Jong, President of the Progressive Contractors Association of Canada. “And then, finally, in many jurisdictions individuals will have a trades certificate by the time they graduate from high school which sets them up for tremendous success.”
